The SS system is a load of crap too but it is the sytem that has been created and is in place. GWB tried to change it and NOT ONE REPUBLICAN was willing to support changes. So the workers have to put in their 2% or the system fails...long before it should.
It's actually just redistribution. The payroll tax cut just moves the burden from the SS Tax deduction to the general fund where income tax payers (and our debtors) foot the bill.